School of Marxism, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.
School of Mechatronics Engineering, Daqing Normal University, Daqing 163111, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 17;19(6):3565. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063565.
The healthcare sector throughout the world is identified for its outsized carbon footprint. Despite the mounting importance of employees' pro-environmental behavior (PEB) for decarbonization, the role of PEB in a healthcare context was less emphasized previously, especially in a developing country context. To address this knowledge gap, the current work was carried out to examine the relationship between a hospital's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and PEB with the mediating effect of environmental-specific transformational leadership (ESTL). At the same time, the conditional indirect effect of altruistic values (AV) was also considered in the above relationship. The data were collected through a questionnaire by employing a paper-pencil method from the hospital employees ( = 293). By considering the structural equation modeling, the hypothesized relationships were validated. The results indicated that CSR directly (1 = 0.411) and indirectly, via ESTL, (4 = 0.194) influenced the PEB of employees. It was also realized that A.V produced a conditional indirect effect in this relationship (5 = 0.268). This work tends to help a hospital to improve its environmental footprint through CSR and ESTL. Moreover, the current work also highlights the role of employees' values (e.g., A.V) to guide the environment-specific behavior of employees.
全球医疗保健行业因其巨大的碳足迹而备受关注。尽管员工的环保行为（PEB）对脱碳至关重要，但之前人们对 PEB 在医疗保健环境中的作用重视不够，尤其是在发展中国家的环境中。为了弥补这一知识空白，本研究旨在探讨医院的企业社会责任（CSR）举措与 PEB 之间的关系，以及环境特定的变革型领导（ESTL）的中介作用。同时，还考虑了利他价值观（AV）在上述关系中的条件间接效应。通过采用纸笔法，从医院员工（n = 293）处收集了问卷数据。通过结构方程模型，验证了假设关系。结果表明，CSR 直接（β = 0.411）和通过 ESTL 间接（β = 0.194）影响员工的 PEB。还发现 A.V 在这种关系中产生了条件间接效应（β = 0.268）。这项工作有助于医院通过 CSR 和 ESTL 来改善其环境足迹。此外，本研究还强调了员工价值观（例如 A.V）在引导员工的环境特定行为方面的作用。
